Hi, There has been a lot of downloading but very little feedback, I suppose I could assume everyone is happy and there have been no problems. But how likely...
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dumbarton13
May 22, 2003 10:44 am
Hi Dennis You certainly seem to have put some effort into this project! Great stuff! This may be trivial but I have been unable to add a new dialog. I added...
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dumbarton13
May 22, 2003 10:44 am
Hi Dennis Further to my earlier posting, I solved that problem by eliminating the spaces before and after the '=' signs. However, I am having difficulty adding...
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Dennis Bareis
dbareis
May 22, 2003 11:10 am
Hi, ... Yes its taken me a long long time... ... As you have already noticed should not have spaces around the equal signs. Most of the stuff was taken to be...
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Dennis Bareis
dbareis
May 22, 2003 11:10 am
Hi, ... Please tell me exactly what is going wrong. Either cut and paste error messages or capture the screen as a graphic. My windows software links list a...
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dumbarton13
May 22, 2003 3:33 pm
I was running MAKEMSI under Windows 98SE. Hence my comment about the console log running through the (fixed) 25- line DOS Command window too quickly to view...
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Dennis Bareis
dbareis
May 22, 2003 10:18 pm
Hi, ... Thats good to hear. ... I have 98SE in one of my VMWARE boxes so I can test it there. Thanks, Dennis ... Dennis Bareis (dbareis@...) ...
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dumbarton13
May 23, 2003 3:55 am
Hi Dennis Before I forget, just three points from testing on Win98SE. As per a previous email, NONE of these problems occur on Win2K. 1. The complete console...
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Dennis Bareis
dbareis
May 23, 2003 5:05 am
Hi, ... Only PPWIZARD generated output goes to the CON file. ... You can probably catch it (except for any stderr and there are tools for this also) with: ...
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dumbarton13
Jun 5, 2003 1:20 am
In our current project, we had a number of situations where I had, for example, to add identical ControlConditions for a subset of Dialogs. I had my hands full...
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dumbarton13
Jun 5, 2003 1:41 am
The development process is all about speedy iterations! Suggestion #1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In using MAKEMSI, I have several times "wasted" a test iteration for two...
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dumbarton13
Jun 5, 2003 2:03 am
I appreciate this might be a more appropriate topic for the public.platformsdk.msi group but I would appreciate your views and whether I can adjust a security...
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Dennis Bareis
dbareis
Jun 6, 2003 4:20 am
Hi, ... This is I believe a major design goal of Windows Installer technology... ... MAKEMSI will not limit what you can do with an MSI. It simply doesn't...
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Dennis Bareis
dbareis
Jun 6, 2003 5:09 am
Hi, ... I can't tell but I can make it fail early and with a better message which I have now done it will be in the next release. For now you could create a...
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Dennis Bareis
dbareis
Jun 6, 2003 5:10 am
Hi, ... You can use msidiff to get it back into "MAKEMSI" format if you wish. ... Rather than work backwards, if would be much similer to create a macro which...
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jcodous
Jun 12, 2003 8:51 am
I have an .MM file which provides the basic installation information for a program. The program comes in several flavours which are differentiated by the...
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Dennis Bareis
dbareis
Jun 12, 2003 9:01 am
Hi, ... No I don't know what causes if (I will have to look into it) however I have a solution which worked for me when I had similar the other day. I will...
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Dennis Bareis
dbareis
Jun 12, 2003 10:44 pm
Hi, In case you haven't realised I have been making regular updates and I'm currently uploading the latest changes. This includes some suggestions and issues...
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dumbarton13
Jun 13, 2003 3:07 pm
The MAKEMSI run produces a cabinet file which I presume is a necessary step before it is added back into the MSI database. My MSI database is currently over...
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dumbarton13
Jun 13, 2003 3:09 pm
I note your error reports on the MSI forum! Here's another you can check and post: The MSI docs says that the entry for summary.security should be 2 for...
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Dennis Bareis
dbareis
Jun 14, 2003 12:17 am
Hi, ... It is required as currently it is the only supported method. Other possibilities are one or more external cabs (I personally don't like) or all files...
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dumbarton13
Jun 14, 2003 1:20 am
Hi Dennis Thanks for your reply. I guess my question came from using IS Pro where one or more cabinet files is the norm. I was interested to find out how it...
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dumbarton13
Jun 14, 2003 1:57 am
Hi Dennis Two hassles with the MS-supplied template which I am sure you have noticed long ago! 1. Control Width > 370 (the Wizard width) The Controls...
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Dennis Bareis
dbareis
Jun 14, 2003 4:58 am
Hi, ... I don't have much confidence but I'm giving it a go... ... I have noticed something a bit suss here before and I will report it as I have validated it...
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Dennis Bareis
dbareis
Jun 14, 2003 5:01 am
Hi, ... If you send me these corrections I can include them in the next version. Bye, Dennis ... Dennis Bareis (dbareis@...) Melbourne, AUSTRALIA....
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Dennis Bareis
dbareis
Jun 14, 2003 11:29 pm
Hi, ... I don't really know how it is "generally" done but I have my own ideas about what is best. ... Eventually I do wish to support multiple cabs for those...
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dumbarton13
Jun 15, 2003 2:50 am
Hi Dennis As per my suggestion, I have added the following line to PpWiz4MM.4mm call AddSummaryLine 'Completed at', NiceDateTime() in two places before the...
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Dennis Bareis
dbareis
Jun 15, 2003 5:44 am
Hi, ... We must have got our wires crossed, I did not mean to say that you needed to update "PpWiz4MM.4mm". You would need to update the version for every...
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dumbarton13
Jun 15, 2003 3:13 pm
Hi Dennis Your MakeMsi installation adds a system-wide entry called "Display MD5" in the dropdown menu which appears when you right-click a file in Windows...
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dumbarton13
Jun 15, 2003 6:08 pm
Hi Dennis Further to my earlier posting, I see you have already made GenerateMD5 a Feature but as a sub-feature of Complete. By going to a 'Custom'...
